Independence Day Celebrations at Uniontown and Fort Scott

Loretta George

3 years ago

Fireworks over the Union State Bank, Uniontown, 2019. Submitted by Amy Holt.

Fort Scott and Uniontown residents will celebrate Independence Day on July 3.

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Union State Bank is sponsoring the 16^th Annual Independence Day Celebration at Uniontown City Park on Saturday, July 3.

“We are excited to bring this event back since it was canceled last year,” said Amy Holt, Vice President of Loan Administration at Union State Bank, said. “This is a customer appreciation event, but we encourage the whole community, surrounding area, and friends and family to bring a lawn chair and enjoy the evening and fireworks display.”

Events will kick off at 6:30 p.m. with fireworks beginning at dark.

“We have invited singer/songwriter, Kyle Sexton to come back and perform for us,” she said. ” We will also have inflatables and a selfie bar again for the kids to enjoy.”

School organizations and vendors will be in the park that evening, she said, and additionally, there will be a bake sale, drinks, popcorn, snow cones, and cotton candy for purchase.

Union State Bank is serving FREE hotdogs, chips, and water beginning at 7 p.m. or until they are all gone, she said.

“We are discouraging any personal fireworks in the downtown area of Uniontown,” as a safety precaution, she said.

“Union State Bank has been serving the community for over 120 years, and we enjoy hosting this event,” Holt said.

Fort Scott’s Independence Day Celebration

The Elk’s / Community Fireworks will be July 3 and begin at dark at Fort Scott Community College’s lake.

“I usually pay attention to how dark it is getting a few days ahead and set the time but between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m.,” Bill Britain, spokesperson for the Elks Club, said.

“The show will be set to music and played on KOMB Radio, 103.9,” he said.

“As usual, the fireworks will be shot from behind FSCC by the back ballfields and of course the public cannot go back that way for safety reasons,” he said.

“The Elk’s have coordinated this event for the past 25 years or so,” Brittain said.

“This year’s show should be the best we have ever had,” he said. ” “Last year we had a bad storm come through, the shooters did not get the fireworks protected fast enough and it was a total loss!

We have worked with the fireworks company to have a better show this year because of that!”

This event is for the entire community and it takes the community to put this on, he said.